{"title":"Deborah Bonello","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"narcas-book-deborah-bonello-9780807007044","title":"Narcas","description":"\u003cb\u003eDrug transporters. Money launderers. Killers. Street drug vendors. Weapons traffickers. Kidnappers. Extortionists.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eVICE\u003c\/i\u003e journalist Deborah Bonello reports from the trenches in this first-ever in-depth exploration of the hidden power women wield in Latin American drug cartels\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e You've heard of Pablo Escobar, Joaquin \"El Chapo\" Guzman, and Rafael Caro Quintero. Their names conjure ghoulish images of bloody streets, white powder, bundles of weed, and a particular flavor of machismo unique to ruthless druglords. But what of the drugladies, las narcas? For the first time, investigative reporter Deborah Bonello takes you behind the curtain to introduce the women at the helm of organized crime south of the US-Mexico border. These women are the powerhouses behind violent cartels; masterminds of extortion rackets; right-hand ladies to El Chapo's cocaine flow to the US; and matriarchs of major drug trafficking families. In these pages, you will meet women like Dona Digna, the leader of the Valle cartel, and Guadalupe Fernandez Valencia, one of \"El Chapo\" Guzman's closest confidants.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNarcas\u003c\/i\u003e, for the first time, gives voice to the women of notorious drug-trafficking monarchies, meticulously documenting the variety of roles they play. Bonello chronicles the complexity of their actions and their desires, the grey chasm between victims and victimizers, co-option and agency, and right and wrong. 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Este libro es solo la punta del iceberg en la comprensión de su rol dentro del crimen organizado latinoamericano y la cultura que las rodea».\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePablo Escobar, Joaquín el Chapo Guzmán y Rafael Caro Quintero son personajes mundialmente famosos, a quienes la prensa y el entretenimiento popularizaron al grado de convertirlos en leyendas. Los narcotraficantes son, por definición, hombres. Y aunque junto a ellos también figuran varias mujeres como piezas clave de la barbarie, estas suelen ser descritas con narrativas simplistas y estereotipos que las hacen ver como víctimas o amantes; madres abnegadas o crueles cómplices. 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